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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After Mary thinks more about the house and its ghost, what does she begin to wonder?
(a) Whether Ned has seen the ghost and this is the cause of his strange mood.
(b) Whether her household servants have ever seen the ghost.
(c) Whether she might actually already know the identity of the ghost.
(d) Whether it is possible that Alida lied to them about the ghost.
2. Why is Mary unsure what Ned has or has not already told her about Beb Elwell?
(a) Because ever since they moved into the house, her memory is getting weaker.
(b) Because the Bob Elwell story is very similar to another incident in their past.
(c) Because Ned has a habit of lying about what he has or has not told her.
(d) Because she does not pay much attention when he talks about work.
3. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?
(a) He walked with a limp.
(b) He had an unusual hat.
(c) He wore foreign clothing.
(d) He was not very tall.
4. Why does the narrator say that Ned and Mary are "two romantic Americans" (83)?
(a) Because they are not being practical about their search for a house.
(b) Because they tell Alida a far-fetched story about their previous home.
(c) Because neither one has any common sense.
(d) Because they are clearly deeply in love.
5. For how many years did Ned and Mary live in the American Midwest while Ned worked as an engineer?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 34.
Short Answer Questions
1. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?
2. What is Ned's joking theory about why the ghost is so hard to see?
3. When they are all laughing about the idea of a ghost, what does it mean that Mary "noted a certain flatness of tone in Alida's answering hilarity" (83)?
4. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?
5. What did Mary and Ned discover about their roof?
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